Pencil pin and clip



P. ANDERSON PENCIL PIN AND lCLIP pLIO, 923.

Filed Oct. 4, 1920 Patented Apr. l0, 1925.

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vPMEN'Ir OFFICE.

PETER ANDRSON, OF OWATONNA, MINNESOTA.

PENCIL PIN AND CLIP.

To ali w hom it may concern Be it known that I, PETER ANDERSON, asubject of the King of Sweden, residing at watonna, in the county ofSteele and State of Minnesota, have linvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pencil Pins and Clips; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake, and use the same.

My invention hasfor` its object to provide an extremely simple andhighly efIicient pencil pin and clip which may be attached to a piece ofclothing by a single downward and inward movement of the handholding thepencil. i

To this end, it consists of kthe novel devices and combinations of`devices hereinafter described and defined in the claim.

T he invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein likecharacters refer to like parts throughout the several views. f

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. l is a view in front elevation of my device mounted on afragmentary portion of a pencil;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l, showing in`dotted lines my sticking member in engageable position; n

Fig. 3 is a view in rear elevation showing my devicepinned to andcarried by a fragment of clothing. f

The numeral 4 indicates an ordinary lead pencil on which my device ismounted. M pencil pin and clip is preferably folded from one strip ofmetal. A gripping band 5 encircles the pencil and is varied in form tosuit various types of pencils.

Spring fulcrumed on 5 `is an elongated pierce a piece of clothing. Thismember 6 is normally held in towards the pencil by the bend 8. `A bendat the `top of the member pforms a lever head 9 vagainst which force maybe applied ,to pry out the sticking point 7, as sho-wn in Fig. 2 by thedotted sticking member 6, pointed at one end 7 to Applcatonled October4, 1920. Serial No. 414,545.

i lines. When the force is released, the sticking member springs back toits normal position.

It is found that a small rivet, bolt or other l means of fastening l0applied to the two sections of the folded lever head just above thefulcrum point assists the spring action and keeps the device bentproperly. However, this is not required.

` Fig. 3 shows a portion of a pencil carrying my device fastened to afragment of clothingfll. f

' Operation.

To secure my device to a piece of clothing, the pencil 4 carrying thecombined pin and clip is pressed inward and downward with the hand, thesticking member 6 facing the clothing. This motion actuates the leverhead,"prys out the sticking point and inserts the samein the clothing.Whenfthe pencil is released, the sticking to the pinned clothing toprevent it from falling off. I

It is to be understood that my device 1s `capable of considerablevariation in form f Vwithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

` What I claim isz A pencil pink and clip bent from a single piece ofmetal, comprising` a gripping band member springs back into normalposition clipping the pencil encircling a pencil, an elongated stickingmember bent from and spring fulcrumed on the said gripping band,operative when pried outto pin the pencil to a piece of clothing andwhen released to clip the pencil to the pinnedv clothing, a lever headformed bythe bend on the upper end of the said sticking. member abovethe fulcrum, operative to `spring the sticking member out when force isapplied against the said lever head.

and means of fastening' the folded parts of the said lever rheadtogether near the` fulcrum point.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

.PETER ANDERSON.

